FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. KLESNER (1927)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. KLESNER
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: March 10, 1927
	Decided: April 18, 1927
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. KLESNER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1927. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1927.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Federal Trade Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 274 U.S. 145
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.